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June 23–26, 2026
Monday, May 24, 2021
THE GREAT MENORAH DEBATE
THE GREAT MENORAH DEBATE
The last
Lubavitcher Rebbe R.M.M. Schneersohn zt"l,
was very insistent that the Menorah be depicted with straight
and not with curved branches.
The Rebbe was also insistent for the Chanuka Menorahs to
resemble the Menorah of the 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖 by not having curved branches.
The Rebbe's two
main proofs that the Menorah's branches were diagonally straight
are,
1) Rashi (Shemos 25:32)
"诇讻讗谉 讜诇讻讗谉 讘讗诇讻住讜谉" Most read Rashi as stressing that the branches
of the menorah were diagonally straight, and negating that
they were rounded like an arch.
2) The Oxford manuscript of the Rambam (驻讛诪"砖
诪谞讞讜转 驻"讙) the design of the Menorah. drawn personally by
the Rambam where the
branches are depicted as straight lines from
the stem to the full height of the menorah.
There are others* who argue on the Rebbe. They hold,
there is overwhelming evidence that seems to prove that the Menorah's
branches were indeed curved.
They claim that both proofs of the Rebbe are
inconclusive.
1) The word 讘讗诇讻住讜谉 does not
necessarily mean diagonally straight but can also
mean diagonally curved.
We find Rashi using the word 讗诇讻住讜谉 at least twice
in the Torah where 讗诇讻住讜谉 is not
a straight line. (讘诪讚讘专
诇" 讚: 讬"讗- 讜讛讬专讚谉
诪讜砖讱- 讘诪讚讘专
诇" 讚: 讚 - 讘注谞讬谉
讙讘讜诇讜转 讛讗专抓)
2) The Rambam writes explicitly in 驻讛诪"砖** that his drawings
are not accurate (using upside-down*** triangles as the 讙讘讬注
and round instead of oval buttons etc.) His sole intention is
to show how the 讙讘讬注讬诐 讻驻转讜专讬诐 & 驻专讞讬诐 were placed on the
Menorah and not a drawing of the Menorah. We can also
assume that the straight diagonal branches were not
intended to be accurate.
***The Rebbe explained why the Rambam drew the cups upside down because when one drinks from a full cup one turns it upside down.The 砖驻注 from heaven comes down to 讻诇诇 讬砖专讗诇
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